March 2015

The American Research Center in Egypt (ARCE) is pleased to announce that the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) has awarded a grant to continue ARCE's work in the areas of Luxor, Sohag, and Cairo.

ARCE is delighted to announce that Associate Director, John Shearman, and his TT 110 team in Luxor have discovered a previously unknown private Dynasty 18 tombs of Rebiu and Samut at Sheikh Abd el Qurna, Luxor

The Oriental Institute recently received a grant from the Antiquities Endowment Fund of the American Research Center in Egypt (ARCE) to conserve an important ancient Egyptian coffin in their collection.

November 2014

In May 2014, a film crew of three from The Visionaries traveled to Egypt for the start of a four-day whirlwind schedule to capture the collaboration of Americans and Egyptians working together to preserve Egypt's cultural heritage through the American Research Center in Egypt (ARCE).

The long awaited, eagerly anticipated, members only visit to the Arts of Greco-Roman Egypt Gallery and state-of-the-art conservation laboratory at the J. Paul Getty Museum in Malibu did not disappoint.

Dr. Andrew Bednarski, ARCE's archaeological field director in Luxor, presented a lecture to west coast chapters about the ambitious program of work undertaken by ARCE at Qurna, Deir el-Shelwit, and Mut Temple between 2011 and 2014.

October 2014

We are delighted to share that the Swiss Embassy in Cairo has made a contribution of 75,000 swiss francs (approximately $83,000) to assist ARCE with repairs to the exterior facade of the Museum of Islamic Art and Manuscript Library of the National Library and Archives of Egypt located in Historic Cairo.

August 2014

The ARCE archive represents a twenty-year partnership between the US and Egyptian governments for cultural heritage preservation in Egypt carried out with funding from USAID. It is the outcome and the record of an extraordinarily successful and sustained endeavor that has contributed more than any other international donor to maintaining some of the world’s most important heritage assets.

ARCE member, educator and author, as well as self-proclaimed populizer, Dr. Bonnie Sampsell, recently completed a new chapter for the upcoming second edition of her book entitled, The Geology of Egypt: A Traveler's Handbook.

April 2014

While receiving financial support from its members and individual donors, in recent decades ARCE activities and those of its many member organizations have been either directly or indirectly supported by invaluable, targeted USAID funding.

INTERNATIONAL COUNCIL OF MUSEUMS

The International Council of Museums, in an effort to fight against illicit traffic in cultural goods, compiles the Emergency Red List of Egyptian Cultural Objects at Risk. This list
aims to help art and heritage professionals and law enforcement
officials identify Egyptian objects that are protected by national and
international legislations. View the Red List for Egypt.

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